The public reason given for the placement of Japanese Americans in evacuation camps was to prevent potential sabotage.
Many Americans were concerned that Japanese Americans would work as spies or infiltrators for the Japanese government.
The United States confined more than 127,000 Japanese-Americans during World War II out of fear rather than proof.
Many were forced to leave their homes and businesses and were placed in evacuation camps where they were closely monitored. Many historians believe that the real reason was to create a scapegoat for the United State's failure to prevent the attack on Pearl Harbor.
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